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Afatinib: first global approval.

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Evidence citing this paper (2)

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CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
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CIViC evidence items
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Sep 8, 2026
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CuratedShowing 1–2 of 2 evidence items · levels, directions and significance as curated at the source; each row links to its CIViC record.
TherapyCancerTypeLevelDirection · significanceRating (1–5)StatusEvidenceSource
EGFR Exon 19 Deletion1
AfatinibLung Non-Small Cell CarcinomaCURATED_BROADERPredictiveASupports Sensitivity Response5accepted
EID2996

Afatinib, an irreversible inhibitor of the ErbB family of tyrosine kinases has been approved in the US for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who h… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 23982599 · Dungo et al., 2013 · Open in CIViC

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EGFR L858R1
AfatinibLung Non-Small Cell CarcinomaCURATED_BROADERPredictiveASupports Sensitivity Response5accepted
EID2997

Afatinib, an irreversible inhibitor of the ErbB family of tyrosine kinases has been approved in the US for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who h… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 23982599 · Dungo et al., 2013 · Open in CIViC

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